SAFETY CITY KNOXVILLE - Creating a safer tomorrow

Safety City Special Events Safety City Why-Who-What KPD Safety Education Safety Fairs: This year's Safety Fairs are scheduled for Saturday, April 28 and Saturday Sept. 29, 2012. Summer Hours: From Thursday, June 11, 2012 to Monday, July 30, 2012, Safety City will be open to the public on Mondays and Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. These special public hours/days will only be in effect thru the months of June and July. Families may bring their own bikes with helmets, battery-powered cars, non-motorized scooters (no skateboards), doll buggies or walking shoes to Safety City to have open riding and play. Safety City will be open as a park on these days. There are two playgrounds with picnic areas adjacent to Safety City: one toddler and one designed for children ages 5-9. SAFETY CITY WILL BE CLOSED ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 2012. Vicki Dagnan 865- 215-7332 vdagnan@cityofknoxville.org Safety City Knoxville 165 S. Concord Street Knoxville, TN 37919 865-215-7103 Safety City is a Community Service Project of the Knoxville Police Department. The objective of Safety City is to provide an early educational program for elementary school children (kindergarten-fourth grades). The program will teach children about vehicular, pedestrian, bicycle and fire safety. The skills taught at Safety City will empower youngsters with the ability to avoid needless accidents and instill good safety habits at an early age. The concept of Safety City if one of providing "hands-on" safety education within a child-size setting complete with buildings, paved streets and sidewalksk, working traffic signals and traffic signs. Students receive classroom instruction in basic pedestrian, vehicular, bicycle and fire safety. Then, students are able to practice and demonstrate their safety skills in participatory activities on the Safety City site. Participatory instruction can include pedestrian exercises, traffic activities through driving child-size vehicls and bicycle and fire skills. Goals of Safety City To provide a creative and safe environment where elementary students will have the opportunity to increase their knowledge and skills in pedestrian, vehicular and bicycle safety. To reduce injuries and deaths resulting from motor vehicular related crashes To reduce injuries and deaths resulting from fire To provide other personal safety education programs as they develop More Info To be notified about future Safety City events, please mail your Name, Address, City, State, Zip Code and the Ages of children in your household to: Safety City 165 S. Concord Street Knoxville, TN 37919